Sign In

To Start The Second Half, I Present The Sabean Era in Five Words

It's the second half, and to celebrate I wrote a... a... what's it called?

A post! I wrote a post! It's been a while. Then it was a while before that, and so on.

No,
I haven't semi-retired. I've got a new job that's kicking my ass in a
beautiful way, and two small kids who are just plain kicking my ass.
Post-game midnight blogging isn't in the cards anymore. I'll still do
the occasional Pulitzer-Prize winning analysis of a fifth outfielder,
but I don't expect the old Lefty four-or-five-days-a-week Malo of
yesteryear back soon.

That said, I do get the occasional wild
hair up my nose, as Mike Krukow likes to say. That's when I close the
bathroom door and reach for those cute little scissors.

I also get the odd random idea, like this one:

About
two and a half years from now, Brian Sabean will celebrate his 20th
anniversary as the Giants general manager. It will also be the 20th
anniversary of his legendary phrase, "I am not an idiot." (Or, as
transcribed by the Chron's David Bush, "Well, I'm not an idiot.")

For
those of you who don't know it, Sabean's first major action on the job
was to trade Matt Williams---the beloved, home-run-hittin',
Babe-Ruth-imitatin' All-Star third baseman---for an assortment of
Cleveland Indians. One of those Indians turned into a Hall of Fame
second baseman. Another one turned into a solid shortstop, then later a
ridiculous first baseman. Another one was not a handsome man, but he
soaked up a lot of bullpen innings. Sabean was right. He was not an
idiot, although that theme was often revisited by people like me in the years 2005-2009.

In honor of Sabean's 17.5th anniversary with the Giants, and a propos
of nothing except an attempt to exorcise one of the shittiest months of baseball from our collective memories, I present you a history
of the Giants under his tenure. Each year presented in five words,
as succinctly as Sabean himself once pleaded his case to a mutinous fan
base.

Ads

Super bowl betting is one of the favorite gambling events of the year, capping off a complete season of sports betting. If casino games are more your thing, we suggest visiting Jaxcasinos.com, a top online casino portal and gaming guide.